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Douglas Foster, 72
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Tobias Wolff, 79
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Rob Penny (1941-2003)
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Eugene Sledge (1923-2001)
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Michael McCullers, 54
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William March (1893-1954)
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Margaret Walker (1915-1998)
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Kathryn Tucker Windham (1918-2011)
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Gerald McCullouch, 58
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Warren St. John, 55
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Abbi Glines, 48
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